Where does “importance” come from?
importance (French) comes from Medieval Latin importantia, from Latin importare, from Latin importo, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
importance (French): importance; significance
Ancestry of “importance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | importantia | importance; nominative neuter plural of... |
| 2 | Latin | importare | present active infinitive of importō;... |
| 3 | Latin | importo | I bring, carry or convey into; bring in from... |
| 4 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 5 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “importance”